Answer:
b. even though two variables are independent, the OLS regression of one variable on the other indicates a relationship between them.
Explanation:
An experiment can be defined as an investigation which typically involves the process of manipulating an independent variable (the cause) in order to be able to determine or measure the dependent variable (the effect).
This ultimately implies that, an experiment can be used by scientists to show or demonstrate how a condition causes or gives rise to another i.e cause and effect, influence, behavior, etc in a sample.
In an experiment , the variable being manipulated by an experimenter is known as an independent variable while the dependent variable is the event expected to change when the independent variable is manipulated
A spurious regression refers to a situation where even though two (2) variables are independent, the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression of one independent variable on the other variable indicates a relationship between them.
An ordinary least squares (OLS) regression is typically designed to be used in estimating unknown variables or parameters in a linear regression model.
Jolene, a sales representative, was worried about her work-related productivity so she made a series of entries in her records to show that she had more sales than she actually did. This is known as _____.
a. defalcation.
b. fraudulent concealment.
c. false entries.
d. forgery.
e. pretexting.
Answer: False entries
Explanation:
False entries refers to the entries on the books of a company or a bank that is intentionally made as a form of deceit and false misinterpretation.
The intent of false entries is usually to defraud an organization. False entries is a punishable offence by law. Since Jolene recorded sales that was more than what she actually did, this is a false entry.
Entering records that shows that she had more sales than she actually did is called false entries.
What is false entries?This is the act of fraudulently entering data that does not actually exist on a record.
This is a fraudulent act that can cost her the job when discovered. It shows that she does not have respect for work ethics.
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If a bank has a required reserve ratio of 25 percent and there is $10,000 in deposits, what is the maximum amount of loans that can be made by this bank
Answer: $40,000
Explanation:
Based on the information given in the question, the maximum amount of loans that can be made by this bank will be calculated as:
= Deposit × 1/Reserve ratio
= $10000 × 1/25%
= $10000 × 1/0.25
= $10000 × 4
= $40000
Therefore, the maximum increase in money supply is $40000.
The Perfect Rose Co. has earnings of $2.30 per share. The benchmark PE for the company is 16. a. What stock price would you consider appropriate
Answer:
a.$36.80
b. $43.70
Explanation:
a. Calculation to determine What stock price would you consider appropriate
Using this formula
P= Benchmark PE ration x EPS
Let plug in the formula
P=16($2.30)
P=$36.80
Therefore What stock price would you consider appropriate is $36.80
b. Calculation to determine the stock price if the benchmark PE were 19
Using this formula
P= Benchmark PE ration x EPS
Let plug in the formula
P=19($2.30)
P= $43.70
Therefore the stock price if the benchmark PE were 19 will be $43.70
f pressure is put on the government to maintain a balanced budget during a recession. In this scenario, government would need to _____ taxes, which would cause aggregate demand to ____. Group of answer choices
Answer:
Increase
fall
Explanation:
A recession occurs when the gross domestic product of a country for two consecutive quarters is negative.
Annually balanced budget is a budget where at the end of every year, revenue must equal expenditure.
If in a recession, a government is under pressure to maintain a balanced budget, the government would need to increase taxes. this is because income would be less than government expenditure as a result of the recession. In order to maintain a balanced budget, the government can either increases taxes are reduce expenditure.
When taxes are increased, disposable income falls and this causes aggregate demand to fall
Consider the following information: Portfolio Expected Return Beta Risk-free 5 % 0 Market 10.6 1.0 A 8.6 0.9 a. Calculate the expected return of portfolio A with a beta of 0.9. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) b. What is the alpha of portfolio A. (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.) c. If the simple CAPM is valid, is the above situation possible?
Answer:
a. Expected return of portfolio A = 10.04%
b. Alpha of portfolio A = 1.44%
c. No, the above situation is NOT possible. This is because return as per CAPM and expected return have different values. Therefore, we say that CAPM is NOT valid.
Explanation:
Given:
Portfolio Expected Return Beta
Risk-free 5 % 0
Market 10.6 1.0
A 8.6 0.9
a. Calculate the expected return of portfolio A with a beta of 0.9. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Expected return of portfolio A = Return as per CAPM = Risk free rate + (Beta * (Market return - Risk free rate)) = 5% + (0.9 * (10.6% - 5%)) = 10.04%
b. What is the alpha of portfolio A. (Negative value should be indicated by a minus sign. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Alpha of portfolio A = Return as per CAPM - Expected return = 10.04% - 86% = 1.44%
c. If the simple CAPM is valid, is the above situation possible?
No, the above situation is NOT possible. This is because return as per CAPM and expected return have different values. Therefore, we say that CAPM is NOT valid.
If the substitution effect of the real interest rate on saving is larger than the income effect of the real interest rate on saving, then a rise in the real interest rate leads to a ________ in consumption and a ________ in saving, for someone who's a lender.
Answer:
rise, fall
Explanation:
In the case when the subsitution effect with respect to the real rate of interest should be saved and more than the income effect on the real rate of interest so if there is an increased in the real rate of interest so there is an increase in the consumption also there is the fall in the savings
Also, if there is a more income effect, the consumption should rise and the savings would decline
Therefore the rise and fall should be considered to fill the blanks
Smiley Corporation wholesales repair products to equipment manufacturers. On April 1, 20Y1, Smiley issued $1,400,000 of 4-year, 7% bonds at a market (effective) interest rate of 6%, receiving cash of $1,449,138. Interest is payable semiannually on April 1 and October 1.
Required:
A. Journalize the entries to record the following. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.
1. Issuance of bonds on April 1.
2. First interest payment on October 1 and amortization of bond premium for six months, using the straight-line method. The bond premium amortization is combined with the semiannual interest payment. (Round to the nearest dollar.)
B. Explain why the company was able to issue the bonds for $20,811,010 rather than for the face amount of $20,000,000.
Answer:
A1.Apr.1
Dr Cash $1,449,138
Cr Premium on Bonds Payable $49,138
Cr Bonds Payable $1,400,000
A2. Oct. 1
Dr Interest Expense $24,431
Dr Premium on Bonds Payable $24,569
Cr Cash $49,000
B. The BONDS was paying HIGHER INTEREST RATE of 7% to the MARKET INTEREST RATE of 6%.
Explanation:
A1. Preparation of the journal entry to record Issuance of bonds on April 1Apr.1
Dr Cash $1,449,138
Cr Premium on Bonds Payable $49,138
($1,449,138-$1,400,000)
Cr Bonds Payable $1,400,000
(To record Issuance of bonds)
A2. Preparation of the journal entry to record First interest payment on October 1 and amortization of bond premium for six months, using the straight-line method.
Oct. 1
Dr Interest Expense $24,431
($49,000-$24,569)
Dr Premium on Bonds Payable $24,569
[($1,449,138-$1,400,000)4*2]
Cr Cash $49,000
( $1,400,000 x 7% x 6/12)
(To record First interest payment and amortization of bond premium )
B. Based on the information given the reason
WHY the company was able to issue the bonds for $20,811,010 RATHER THAN for the FACE AMOUNT of $20,000,000 was because the BONDS was paying HIGHER INTEREST RATE of 7% to the MARKET INTEREST RATE of 6%.
Cost of occupancy, general management and salesforce management are considered ______________.
a) full costs
b) indirect costs
c) contribution accounting
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
Answer:
B) indirect costs
Explanation:
Indirect costs can be regarded as costs incurred whereby this cost are not directly assigned to a cost object specifically. Indirect costs can comes as a fixed cost, it can also come as variable cost. Some of Indirect costs are; personnel as well as
administration and security costs. They are costs that are not regarded as been directly related to production.
It should be noted that Cost of occupancy, general management and salesforce management are considered indirect costs.
A firm that operates outside of a trading bloc will likely face the improved position of competitors within the trading bloc. True False
Answer:
True
Explanation:
In the case when the firm operated outside for a trading bloc due to which it improved the position of the competitors so this should be true as the trading bloc should be the economic integration and it can shape the pattern of thw world trade that protect from non-members imports
So, the given statement is true
While Amazon has become a very powerful e-commerce firm here in the US, Alibaba, the Chinese company is very powerful in many parts of the world. Go to Wikipedia and read about the different type of businesses that Alibaba operates. Then write a short outline of these businesses.
Answer:
Alibaba is a chinese company, one of the largest in the world by market capitalization.
While it mainly specializes in online retail (both business to consumer, and business to business), it is also involved in other business activities such as cloud computing, electronic payment, artificial intelligence services, and data science and analysis. In fact, Alibaba is considered not only one of the best retailers in the world, but also one of the best artificial intelligence and data-driven companies in the world.
which of the following is false? when a cboe call option on ibm is exercised, ibm issues more stock. an american option can be exercised at any time during its life. a put option will always be exercised at maturity if the strike price is greater than the underlying asset price
Answer:
The false statement is:
when a CBOE call option on IBM is exercised, IBM issues more stock.
Explanation:
CBOE = Chicago Board Options Exchange. CBOE pioneered the options trading in 1973. It has remained the largest U.S. options market operator. It supports options trading on thousands of publicly listed stocks and exchange-traded products. Exercising a call option on the exchange platform does not affect the outstanding IBM stock and will never force IBM Corporation to issue more stock.
A farmer sells a bushel of corn to the supermarket for $12. The supermarket then sells the corn to customers for $25. What is the total contribution to GDP?
Answer:
$ 25
Explanation:
As per the description, the exact amount that is being contributed from the corn bushel to the Gross Domestic Product would be $ 25. The price at which the farmer sold it to the supermarket would not be included in the GDP because it would be considered as an intermediary good because the good purchased for the resale purpose is not included in GDP as it leads to double-counting. Thus, only the price of the final good i.e. $ 25 would be included in GDP as it will now be used for final consumption by the customers.
The EPS for TJX for the fiscal years ending January 2006 (FY2005) through January 2010 (FY2009) are:
Answer:
Fiscal Year:
2005 $1.40
2006 $1.60
2007 $1.70
2008 $2.00
2009 $2.80
Explanation:
Earnings per share is the residual profit after interest and dividends available for shareholders. EPS is calculated by dividing net profit by outstanding shares. It indicates company profitability and analysts use this ratio to make prediction about future performance of the company.
In a small open economy, output (gross domestic product) is $25 billion, government purchases are $6 billion, and net factor payments from abroad are zero. Desired consumption and desired investment are related to the world real interest rate in the following manner:
World Real Interest Rate Desired Consumption Desired Investment
5% $12 billion $3 billion
4% $13 billion $4 billion
3% $14 billion $5 billion
2% $15 billion $6 billion
For each value of the world real interest rate, find national saving, foreign lending, and absorption. Calculate net exports as the difference between output and absorption. What is the relationship between net exports and foreign lending?
Answer:
Consumption is given.
Investment is also given.
Government spending is $6 billion.
GDP is $25 billion.
National Saving = GDP - Consumption - Government spending
Foreign lending = Savings - Investment
Absorption = Consumption + Investment + Government spending
Net Exports = GDP - Absorption
The relationship/ correlation between Net Exports and Foreign Lending is one that is perfectly positive as both measures are exactly the same.
Rick has met with the Small Business Administration, which analyzed his entrepreneurial skills and provided him with a summary of the results. Out of these findings of the SBA, what might challenge Rick in his quest to become a successful entrepreneur? a) Rick is conscientious and emotionally stable. b) Rick has some tolerance for ambiguity because he knows he is trying to do things that haven't been done before. c) Rick has an external locus of control. d) Rick is comfortable with a moderate level of risk, and he has the confidence to act decisively. e) Rick has a high nec Rick has a high need for autonomy and wants to shape his own destiny
Answer:
c) Rick has an external locus of control.
Explanation:
What can challenge Rick in his quest to become a successful entrepreneur is that he has an external locus of control, which occurs when an individual relates events related to their failures or successes to external variables that are not their responsibility, such as fate, luck or bad luck.
The external locus of control can pose a challenge for Rick in the sense that an entrepreneur's success is related to his own personal control and personal efforts to make the business viable and successful in the market. It is necessary for the entrepreneur to understand that there are risks inherent to the business and that a business can work according to their efforts, learning and planning, that is, the entrepreneur and their control and management actions will be responsible for the success or failure of the business, and not just external factors like fate or bad luck.
What happens to the price of a three-year annual coupon paying bond with an 8% coupon when interest rates change from 8% to 8.96%
Answer:
It would reduce to -24.3185
Explanation:
I solved this on paper and have added the solution as an attachment
At 8% rate of interest the price of this bond is 1000
At 8.96% rate of interest the calculated price of the coupon bond is 975.681
975.681-1000 = -24.3185
When the interest rate falls from 8% to 8.96%, the price of the bond reduces by -24.3185
A strategy that attempts to reduce the overall risk of an entire investment portfolio by investing in a variety of assets is called
Answer:
Portfolio diversification
Explanation:
Portfolio diversification is the process of holding different asset and security classes in order to minimise the non systemic risk of the portfolio
Non systemic risk are risks that can be diversified away. they are also called company specific risk. Examples of this type of risk is a manager engaging in fraudulent activities.
to diversify assets in the portfolio should have zero correlation
Molander Corporation is a distributor of a sun umbrella used at resort hotels. Data concerning the next months budget appear below:
Selling price per unit $29 per unit
Variable expenses $16 per unit
Fixed expenses $8,600 per month
Unit sales 1,010 units per month
Required:
a. Compute the company’s margin of safety.
b. Compute the company’s margin of safety as a percentage of its sales.
Answer and Explanation:
a. The calculation of the margin of safety is
Sales price per unit $ 29.00
Variable cost per unit ($16.00)
Contribution per unit $13.00
Fixed expenses $8,600.00
Break even sales in units ($8,600 ÷ 13) 662
Break even sales in dollars = (662 ×$29) $19,198
Actual Sales (1,010 × $29) $29,290
Margin of safety $10,092
b. The margin of safety in percentage is
= $10,092 ÷ $29,290
= 34.46%
You have just made your first $4,400 contribution to your retirement account. Assume you earn a return of 13 percent per year and make no additional contributions. a. What will your account be worth when you retire in 29 years
Answer: $152,309.69
Explanation:
You are looking for the future value of this amount in 29 years assuming it will be compounded annually.
Future value = Amount * (1 + rate)^ number of years
= 4,400 * ( 1 + 13%)²⁹
= $152,309.69
An accounting system that provides information that management can use to evaluate the performance of a department's activities is a:______.
A. Service accounting system.
B. Standard accounting system.
C. Revenue accounting system.
D. Departmental accounting system.
E. Cost accounting system.
Answer: D. Departmental accounting system.
Explanation:
As the term implies, Departmental accounting system engages in accounting for individual departments. The financial information of the department of interest will be recorded as well as other activities.
Management will then use this information to analyze and understand how well the department is doing. The information will also tell them if the department is being cost efficient and profitable.
Marigold Company had the following operating data for the year for its computer division: sales, $650000; contribution margin, $147000; total fixed costs (controllable), $96000; and average total operating assets, $287000. What is the controllable margin for the year?
A. $51000.
B. $147000.
C. 15%.
D. 51%
If unit sales prices are $7 and variable costs are $5 per unit, how many units would have to be sold to break-even if fixed costs equal $8,000?
Answer: 4,000 units
Explanation:
The breakeven point of sales can be calculated by the formula:
= Fixed costs / Contribution margin
Contribution margin = Sales price - Variable cost
= 7 - 5
= $2
Breakeven point in sales:
= 8,000 / 2
= 4,000 units
The marginal product of labor in the production of computer chips is chips per hour. The marginal rate of technical substitution (MRTS) of hours of labor for hours of machine capital is . What is the marginal product of capital? The marginal product of capital is nothing chips per hour. (Enter your response as an integer.)
Answer: 500 chips per hour
Explanation:
Marginal rate of technical substitution is calculated by the formula:
= Marginal product of labor / Marginal product of capital
0.20 = 100 / marginal product of capital
Marginal product of capital * 0.20 = 100
Marginal product of capital = 100 / 0.20
= 500
Suppose Sam and Teresa are playing a game in which both must simultaneously choose the action Let Or Right. The payoff matrix that follows shows the payoff each person Will earn as a function Of both Of their choices. For example, the lower-right cell shows that if Sam chooses Right and Teresa chooses Right, Sam will receive a payoff of S and Teresa will receive a payoff of 1.
Teresa
Left Right
Sam Left 8, 4 4, 5
Right 5, 4 6, 5
The only dominant strategy in this game is for __________ to choose____________ . The outcome reflecting the unique Nash equilibrium in this game is as follows: Sam chooses _____________ and Teresa chooses ______________.
Answer:
The only dominant strategy in this game is for Teresa to choose Right. The outcome reflecting the unique Nash equilibrium in this game is as follows: Sam chooses Right and Teresa chooses Right.
Explanation:
Given:
Teresa
Left Right
Sam Left 8, 4 4, 5
Right 5, 4 6, 5
A dominant strategy is one that makes a player in a game better off regardless of the choice of strategy of his opponent.
An examination of the payoff matrix above shows that when Sam plays Left, Teresa will play Right because 5 > 4. When Sam plays Right, Teresa will still play Right because 5 > 4. This is an indication that Teresa will always play Right no matter what Sam plays. Therefore, the dominant strategy for Teresa is Right.
On the other hand, when Teresa plays Left, Sam will also play Left because 8 > 5. And when Teresa plays Right, Sam will also play Right because 6 > 4. This implies that Sam does not have any unique strategy that make him better off. Therefore, Sam does NOT have a dominant strategy.
Therefore, we have:
The only dominant strategy in this game is for Teresa to choose Right. The outcome reflecting the unique Nash equilibrium in this game is as follows: Sam chooses Right and Teresa chooses Right.
Harris Fabrics computes its plantwide predetermined overhead rate annually on the basis of direct labor-hours. At the beginning of the year, it estimated that 32,000 direct labor-hours would be required for the period’s estimated level of production. The company also estimated $557,000 of fixed manufacturing overhead cost for the coming period and variable manufacturing overhead of $2.00 per direct labor-hour. Harris’s actual manufacturing overhead cost for the year was $679,453 and its actual total direct labor was 32,500 hours.
Required:
Compute the company’s plantwide predetermined overhead rate for the year.
Answer:
Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= $19.41 per direct labor hour
Explanation:
To calculate the predetermined manufacturing overhead rate we need to use the following formula:
Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= total estimated overhead costs for the period/ total amount of allocation base
Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= (557,000 / 32,000) + 2
Predetermined manufacturing overhead rate= $19.41 per direct labor hour
Dake Corporation's relevant range of activity is 3,500 units to 8,500 units. When it produces and sells 6,000 units, its average costs per unit are as follows: For financial reporting purposes, the total amount of product costs incurred to make 6,000 units is closest to:
Answer:
$89,100
Explanation:
Direct material = $6.6
Direct labor = $3.6
Variable manufacturing overheads = $1.35
Fixed manufacturing overheads = $3.3
Total production cost per unit = $6.6 + $3.6 + $1.35 + $3.3
Total production cost per unit = $14.85
Total amount of product cost incurred for 6000 unit:
= $14.85 * 6,000 units
= $89,100
Use the following information for a manufacturer to compute cost of goods manufactured and cost of goods sold:
(Click the icon to view the information.)
First, compute cost of goods manufactured.
Schedule of Cost of Goods Manufactured
Beginning Work-in-Process Inventory $42,000
Direct Materials Used:
Beginning Direct Materials $28,000 Purchases of Direct Materials 70,000
Direct Materials Available for Use 98,000 Ending
Direct Materials (30,000)
Direct Materials Used $68,000
Direct Labor 86,000
Manufacturing Overhead 38,000
Total Manufacturing Costs Incurred during the Year 192,000
Total Manufacturing Costs to Account For 234,000
Ending Work-in-Process Inventory (35,000)
Cost of Goods Manufactured $199,000
Now compute cost of goods sold.
Cost of Goods Sold Direct Materials Available for Use 98000 Cost of Goods Manufactured 199000
Cost of Goods Available for Sale
Total Operating Costs
Cost of Goods Sold
Answer:
Results are below.
Explanation:
First, we need to calculate the cost of goods manufactured using the following formula:
cost of goods manufactured= beginning WIP + direct materials + direct labor + allocated manufacturing overhead - Ending WIP
cost of goods manufactured= 42,000 + (28,000 + 70,000 - 30,000) + 86,000 + 38,000 - 35,000
cost of goods manufactured= $199,000
Now, the cost of goods sold:
COGS= beginning finished inventory + cost of goods manufactured - ending finished inventory
We do not have information regarding the beginning and ending finished goods inventory. But, suppose the beginning inventory equals $45,000 and the ending inventory $30,000:
COGS= 45,000 + 199,000 - 30,000
COGS= $214,000
Using the probability approach to determine an inventory safety stock and wanting to be 95 percent sure of covering inventory demand, which of the following is the number of standard deviations necessary to have the 95 percent service probability assured?A) 1.28B) 1.64C) 1.96D) 2.00E) 2.18
Answer:
B) 1.64
Explanation:
Given that there is 95% service probability i.e. assured
So here the company applied the approach in normally that sets the probability for not stocking out the 95 percent
So it would have the approx 1.64 standard deviation with respect to the safety stock
Therefore the option c is correct
Joe is currently selling 873 hamburgers per month at $5 per hamburger for total monthly sales of $4,365. The restaurant manager feels that a $1,000 monthly advertising budget would increase monthly sales by $3,000 to a total of 1,473 hamburgers. Should Joe add advertising
Answer:
Yes
Explanation:
Yes, as long as Joe is able to recover the money that he has spent on advertising and still increase his profit, then he should advertise. In this scenario, he wants to spend a fixed $1000 monthly on ads. If these ads generate an increase monthly sales of $3,000 as expected, then this means that Joe's restaurant will increase their total profits by $2,000 after recovering what they spent on the ads. This is what ads are for.
1. Ranghu started business with cash $80,000, goods $40,000 and furniture $20,000.
2. Sold goods to Anna of the list price $2000 at trade discount of 10%.
3. Paid rent $800, Trade expenses $400and Travelling expenses $500.
4. Deposited to AC bank for opening a current account $25,000.
5. Bought goods from Kamal for $20,000 at a trade discount of 10% and Cash discount of 2%. Paid 60% amount immediately.
Answer:
1.Raghu start the business with three things i. e cash, goods, furniture etc. Something that come in the business is debited. All these things are done by the properitor. Hence all these things are goes to Capital account. JOURNAL ENTRY WILL BE!!!! Cash a / c . Dr. 80,000 Purchase a / c . Dr. 40,000 Furniture a / c . Dr 20,000 ..To Capital a/c........... 1,40,000 (being started business with cash, goods and furniture.)
2.The answer will be Rs.1800 Explanation: 2000^ * 10\%=200 2000-200=18003.Answer will be $7004.250005.5000 please mark as brainliest